Sergio Castellitto

–>Scritto da:

Margaret Mazzantini (romanzo)

Margaret Mazzantini (sceneggiatura)

Sergio Castellitto (sceneggiatura)

–>Produzione:

Marco Chimenz (regista)

Matteo De Laurentiis (produttore tecnico)

Jenny Edwards (co-produttore)

Jeanna Polley (co-produttore)

Francisco Ramos (co-produttore)

Giovanni Stabilini (regista)

Riccardo Tozzi (regista)

Giovannella Zannoni (produttore associato)

–>Musiche:

Lucio Godoy

–>Trama del film:

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto) recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia (Penélope Cruz), a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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1 Comment

D A said

Emotionally intense movie handled unflinchingly by lead actor
Castellitto. This immersive character study into an unfulfilled
doctor's love affair is a tad too lengthy and perhaps the director
indulges in his on screen action a little too much, but the dedication
that the two ill-fated lovers give to portraying the rawness of their
emotions and instincts will, despite once in a while misfiring, leave
few viewers unfazed. Penelope Cruz is great as the counterpoint, and
deserves much respect for assuming such a demanding, unglamorous role
at this point in her well established career. Obviously it is the love
of acting that propels her(no comparison to her English jobs), as this
mildly received Italian film must have been several notches down from
her draw, but when you see the psychologically harrowing sex scenes
(not always for the sex, but for the right before and right after) you
realize why someone would be interested in such intimate work. As the
film slightly overextends itself to reach it's climax which sort of
dumbs down it's poignant theme, the performances and overall taste left
are nonetheless real and life affirming despite all of it's muddied
ramifications.